AvidLearn's Rapid Growth Continues with Move to New Offices In Cherry Hill, NJ.Business Editors CHERRY HILL Cherry Hill, township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth, especially since the 1970s. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Online Learning Resource Provider Adds Seven New Staff Members AvidLearn, Inc., a leading provider of online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). for individual users as well as corporations through http://www.avidlearn.com, recently moved to a new office location in Cherry Hill's Executive Campus.(a) The new space, which is more than eight times the size of AvidLearn's prior location (Woodbury, NJ) at 5,000 square feet, provides increased facilities and conveniences for a company that has experienced rapid growth since its launch in January. In addition to the new office location, AvidLearn has added seven new staff members in recent weeks, including: -- Katie Dougherty, Director of Marketing (formerly of Compass International Services Corp., Woodbury, NJ) -- Anna Reis, Director of Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. (most recently with Infonautics/Big Chalk, in Wayne, PA) -- Brian Schaeffer, Director of MIS (1) (Management Information System) An information system that integrates data from all the departments it serves and provides operations and management with the information they require. (formerly of Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance , Inc., Princeton, NJ) -- Marsha Archibald, Executive Assistant (previously with NCO NCO abbr. noncommissioned officer NCO noncommissioned officer NCO n abbr (Mil) (= noncommissioned officer) → Uffz. Group, Inc., Woodbury, NJ) -- Denise Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs , Senior Account Executive (most recently with Mediq, Inc., in Pennsauken, NJ) -- Rick Watt, Account Executive -- Patrick Wills, Account Executive. "Our new office and our new employees are tangible indications of the success we have experienced to date in the South Jersey region, as well as nationally," said Edward DuCoin, founder and chief executive officer of AvidLearn. "This new location has been designed to accommodate our continued growth, and our new team members will enable AvidLearn to continue to provide the first truly interactive classroom environment without geographic restrictions." About AvidLearn: AvidLearn, Inc. offers online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education for individual users as well as corporations through its Internet site, at http://www.avidlearn.com. This new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. resource, which went live on June 1, 2000, features over 75 experts in their individual fields, delivering seminars, lectures, and interactive presentations on more than 40 areas of recognized interest. These live, online sessions feature full audio and video functions, as well as message boards, post-seminar discussion groups, and archived re-broadcasts of prior seminar sessions. AvidLearn is headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ. (a) AvidLearn's New Mailing Address is Two Executive Campus, Suite 402, 2370 Route 70 West, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002. |
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